NASA Launches Crew-12 Team to ISS on SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon Capsule

The understaffed International Space Station will soon have four new crew members to bring the team size back up to seven, thanks to the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday. The rocket carried a SpaceX Dragon capsule with Crew-12 aboard, and if all goes to plan, the capsule will dock with the station's Harmony module at approximately 3:15 p.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 14.

NASA had to return the Crew-11 team home early in January due to an ongoing medical issue with one of the astronauts. Although details were scant at the time, NASA opted to bring the entire crew home, even though the issue affected only one astronaut. That left just three crew members aboard the ISS from a Soyuz launch near the end of 2025. With the Crew-12 launch, NASA is on track to restock its space station with a full complement ...